Professional Background
Web sites. Multimedia presentations. TV commercials. End-user manuals. Corporate videos. Brochures. Science museum exhibits? Talk shows?! Sounds like I've been all over the map. I have.
I've been a freelancer, contractor, and staff writer (sometimes all three simultaneously) for corporations, creative shops, local TV, software companies, and government agencies.
In June of 2002, I returned to freelancing full time after a four-year stint at Microsoft where I was a senior writer for various marketing and developer Web sites.
Job History
June 2002 - Present
Commercial Writer/Consultant
Independent, Seattle, WA
Create engaging marketing, advertising, technical, and entertainment materials in diverse media for a broad range of clients.
April 2000 - June 2002
Senior Technical Writer
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Wrote, edited, and managed content for the Microsoft TV Platform Group's marketing and developer Web sites (www.microsoft.com/tv). Generated Web pages and refreshes, articles, case studies, newsletters, event information, headlines, captions, information architectures, content plans, style guides, CD-ROMs, and end-user documentation.
Feb - April 2000
Marketing Writer
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
(Under contract from Wasser, Inc.)
Wrote content for the MSN Project Web site consisting of "diary" entries, Web pages, and message postings for the four fictional characters that appeared in the MSN Project TV ad campaign in the spring of 2000.
Jan 1998 - April 2000
Technical Writer
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
(Under contract from Wasser, Inc.)
Created Web content, marketing collateral, CD-ROMs, and end-user documentation to promote the world-wide deployment of interactive television for the Microsoft Broadcast PC Group.
June 1997 - Nov. 1997
Technical Writer
Imation Publishing Software, Seattle, WA
(Under contract from S&T OnSite)
Wrote end-user documentation for PressWise 3.0, a leading page imposition software product for the commercial printing industry.
May 1989 - Dec. 1997
Commercial Writer/Consultant
Independent, Seattle, WA and Knoxville, TN
Created effective communications in a variety of media for corporations, businesses, creative agencies, industries, and institutions.
Jan - June 1996
Writer-Producer
TNi, Knoxville, TN
Wrote and produced PrimeTalk, a nightly one-hour live call-in, variety, and comedy TV show.
Nov. 1991 - Jan. 1996
Technical Writer
Analysas Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN
Generated innovative content for technical and educational materials, video projects, and science museum exhibits for the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge and the United States Department of Energy (DOE). Edited public information publications, technical documentation, procedures, and DOE work orders.
Oct. 1979 - May 1989
Writer-Producer
WBIR-TV, Knoxville, TN
Wrote, produced, directed, and edited more than 250 productions encompassing news, promotion, commercial, feature, documentary, and public service projects for WBIR-TV's news, creative services, and sales departments.
Software Skills
Basic to intermediate-level knowledge:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office suite
Visio
Microsoft Service Enterprise (MSE)
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
Allaire HomeSite
HTML
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
B.A., English Literature (Phi Beta Kappa), June 1981
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